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Nigeria’s Team for the 2024 Olympic Games in France Receives N100 Million DonationThe House of Representatives has allocated N100 million to support Nigeria’s team for the 2024 Olympic Games in France.This announcement was made today in Abuja by the Deputy Speaker, Ben Kalu, during a plenary session where the House welcomed the Minister of Sport, John Enoh, and the Olympic team.Deputy Speaker Kalu revealed that...

Soyinka at 90: Abiodun Awards Scholarships to Top Student EssayistsIn celebration of the 90th birthday of Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka, the Ogun State Government has awarded scholarships to nine outstanding students who excelled in an essay competition. The awards were presented during the 2024 edition of the Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange Programme held at Prof. Soyinka's ARI residence in Ijegba, Abeokuta, on Monday....

Ogun Football Association to Launch Youth Football Committee, Appoints SWAN Chairman as Media OfficerThe Ogun State Football Association is set to establish a new committee dedicated to overseeing youth football activities in the Gateway State. This initiative aligns with a directive from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), which requires all state football associations to prioritize the development of youth football programs.According to th...

Nigeria Absent as African Youths Gather in Botswana for ITTF ChampionshipsNigeria is notably missing from the 2024 ITTF Africa Youth Championships currently being held in Gaborone, Botswana. Despite its prominent position as a leading African team, Nigeria is not partici...

ITTF has officially seeded Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna and Egypt’s Omar Assar in the top 16 for the Men’s Singles event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Aruna is seeded 14th, while Assar holds the 16th seed, based on the latest ITTF World Rankings released on July 16, Players such as Nigeria’s Olajide Omotayo, Egypt’s Mohammed El-Beiali, Algeria’s Mehdi Bouloussa, Senegal’s Ibrahima Diaw, and Congo Brazzaville’s Sahe...

Justice HAMZA MUAZU of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has rejected an application by former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), GODWIN EMEFIELE, for permission to travel to the United Kingdom for a follow-up medical checkup....

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed a suit challenging the use of Arabic inscriptions on Naira notes....

The Federal Government, in collaboration with the World Bank and Ogun State Estate Surveyors and Valuers, is working to establish equitable compensation rates for land acquisition, particularly focusing on crops and economic trees....

The Federal Government has said it would boost its cocoa production to 500,000 metric tonnes by 2025 from the 340,000 recorded in 2022....

The Lagos State Government has shut down the Oja Oba Market at Ile Epo over what it described as “very poor sanitary conditions”....